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Endebros wrote: Forretress @Leftovers

Ability: Sturdy

252 Defense 248 HP 4 Speed

- Stealth rock - Spikes - Toxic - Volt switch

This set is used to set up entry hazards and toxicstall opponents. (Yes forretress gets volt switch for some reason)

Starmie @Life orb

252 Sp attack 252 Speed

Ability: Natural cure

- Psyshock - Scald - Recover - Ice beam

This is my pivot sweeper, usually used after forretress has set up sufficient entry hazards. Recover provides instant recovery while psyshock hits special walls extremely hard.

Breloom @Toxic orb

Ability: Poison heal

200 Attack 252 Speed 52 Defense

- Focus punch - Spore - Rock slide - Seed bomb

Breloom is used to spore and then seed the opponent, alomost guarenteeing a fire or flying type switch. When this happens, rock slide usually gets a 2 hit KO on most counters to breloom.

Tyranitar @Smooth rock

Ability: Sand stream

252 Attack 200 Defense 52 Sp Defense

- Ice beam - Crunch - Stone edge - Earthquake

Tyranitar serves as a sandstorm setter and is usually used after the frail breloom has fainted. Being very hard to take down due to the 50% special Defense boost it gains in a sandstorm, tyranitar is a key part of the weather portion of my team.

Excadrill @Air balloon

Ability: Sand rush

252 Attack 252 Speed

- Swords dance - Earthquake - Rock slide - Brick break

Aegislash @Weakness policy

252 Attack 252 Sp Defense

- King's shield - Sacred sword - Shadow ball - Iron head

Aegislash is my mixed attacker/sweeper. King's shield provides protection as well as dropping the opponent's attack by two stages if they make contact. Hitting aegislash in shield form barely dents it, and a super effective hit boosts it's Attack and special attack by two stages, almost guaranteeing a KO. Like it. Malamar can decimate most of your team though, and tbh tyranitar stands no chance against 4x effective superpower. Swoobat is similar, although tyranitar needs to be KOed if it wants a chance to sweep. In comes the Lucario, anything that uses brick break, and (funnily enough) alakazam. (Focus Blast!!!) Gengar has fun too with both dazzling gleam, will-o-wisp, toxic, and focus blast to play mind games with. Then swoobat may as just well sweep your entire team from behind a substitute this whole time. To combat this, Starmie exists, right?

Wrong. Hey, double switches, (most likely to a mega gengar [have fun shadow tag]).

Uh-oh.

Perhaps you could combat this with replacing excadrill with serperior. You will have to say goodbye to sand rush, but in return, you get a hell of a good contrary sweeper. Plus Dragon Tail for phazing. And this. And that.

Keep in mind these are only suggestions. Don't take this as an insult to your team making (actually, it's great).

Off Topic:

I GOT 2 KUDOS. WOOOP. could we fit in more pls? (jk, but if u want to, u can)

TL;DR:

2 kudos, pls fit in more (jk)